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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1909.
of these ungenerous allusions. It is not easy to account for the course of events that has resulted in France-once second in the world as a Naval Power, and in respect to the scientific attainments of her officers, and the general preparedness of her ships in & CO. many respecte the first-sinking, till
now she hardly counts as a bad fourth, and, in respect to her immediate propared- ness, is almost at the bottom of the scale. In the old halcyon days of the French Navy it was practically an appaaage of the pri vileged classes, and even through all the Jovelling tendencies of the Revolution, they CHEMISTS still contrived to preserve its aristocratic
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
BY APPOINTMENT TO
tone. Even up to the time of the Second Empire the Navy bad retained its old aris HIIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.tocratic traditions, and it was only with the
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For assaulting a district watches in Queen's Road East while under the influme of wine Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistrasy yesterday fizod a native $7.
At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. J. R. Wood sentenced a Chinese to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour for snatching a purse from an Indian in Cochrana Street.
A telegram was received in Shanghai let wook stating that Hongkong would be unable to sand a team for the projected interport polo tournament.
The Stewards of the Chefoo Race Club have decided to hold the Autumn Ruses this year on Wednesday and Thursday, September 22 and 23, and the Off Day on Saturday, the 25th.
The typhoon warning reeived by the Ameri- con Consulate General from the Manila Obsor vators at 12.35 a. reported the eyelone or typhoon to be over or near Naha inclining northward.
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For stealing three pair of wooden clogs and two wooden poles, the property of the Dock (ompany, Mr. J. H. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday sentenced a coolie to fourteen days Imprisonment and four hours” stocku.
For contravening the Opium Ordinanco and
applying, a false trade description to a quantity of opium, Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy Festorday fined a native 8300, the alternativo being two months' imprisonment.
On Sunday next the man of the H.M.S. Tamar will go to service at St. Andrew's Church, Kowhou, at 11 am, and the Rer. C.E. on behalf of the Thompsory, B. A, will preach Seamen's Mission.
The manager of the Belle View Hotel has ported to the police that the safe in his office was opened with duplicate lay and $200
extracted.
The death is announced of Mr. Edwards, chief superintendent of the Peking Syndicate in Honan, Mr. Edwards is reported to have taken bis own life on Sunday week by shooting himself. It is believed that the tragic deed was the result of his sufferings under the heat.
LOCAL SPORT.
WATER POLO SHIELD COMPETITION, Three matches in the Water Polo Shield
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THE ANTUNG-MUKDEN RAILWAY.
Toxro, August 6th.
It is reliably reported, with refer- Competition were played at the V.R.C. enclosure ence to the Antung-Mukden railway, last evening in the presence of a fair number of that Japan has sent an ultimatum to spectators The first game was between the
Chins announcing her intention to begin the reconstruction of the line,
BUFFS AND 88TH CO. RO..
This,
the result of
and ended in an easy win for the Baffs, notwithstanding the fact that the winners did not play the game expected of them. however, may have been their condence of a win, for the 88th men were found wanting in every exciting played his usual brilliant game, and it 'was' episode in the match. Their keeper, however, entirely due to his efforts that the defeat of the gunners was not more humiliating...
Final: Buffs, 7 goals 8th Co., all.
B3RD CO. B.G.A. V. 87TH CO. 8.0.A. These teams were inere evenly balanced, and the match the game was not a fast one, as both although there were a few exciting passages in teams lacked strong swimmers.. The advantage throughout as with the men of the 83rd, but the 87th Co. played a gallant game and deserved. to have been favoured with botter rosulté
Final: 83rd Co., 5 goals; 87th Co., 3.
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DAILY PEESE."]`·.
H.M. THE TSAR.
LONDON, August 6th. Their Majesties the Tsar and Tsarina have sailed for home..
The visit is regarded as a great success, politically and socially.
THE CRETAN QUESTION.
CANTON,
(PROM QUE OWN. CORRESPONDENT).
August 5th, THE "FATSHAN” AFFAIR ONUS MORE. The Self-Government Society has issued a cir- cular convening a public meeting for this even- ing, for the purpose of discussing the Fatshan Affair. The following is a translation, of the circular:
Moors. Butterfata and Ewire, the owners of the ss. Fatshan, have promend to trans- for the Captain of the Fatalan to another,
vessel not on the Hongkong-Canton-un, and they have also consented to pay $3,200 the family of the deceased man, Ha U Ting. compradore department of that firm has
also added $2,000 to the jam. The Portuguese ticket-collector, Noronha, will be handed over to the Portuguese Authori ties to be tried, and Messrs. Butterfield and Swire have given their promise that they will not employ any more Portuguese in future. They have also issued instructions to all their vassals that Chinese passengers are to be well treated, and he violence is on any account to ba used to them. Wo thus so that Megara. Butter- feld and Swire have dong all they can to make reparation for this unfortunate occurrence, The Portuguese Consul, however, has not acted fairly, and we must meet to discuss sonio way- of showing him that we are not to be trifled with The Portuguess Comul Las acoused our Society of having been bribed to take up the that case, but our only wish is to see the deceased's family gets fairplay,
The British nation has always been friendly to the Chiness, and on this occason the British have. done nothing that can be considered unfair. Ho U Ting was killed by a Portuguese, and though he was employed on a British vessel the British are not to blame. We should not, there
Third Republic that the bourgeoisie ele ment commenced to affect the old conditions Somehow these new-fangled ideas did not coalesce with the old; the new officers had not the same feeling of emrit, the discipline of the ships fell off; moroetary motivos FOR THE BATH, TOILET ANJI
stood in the way of afficiency, the higher officers, finding their requisitions unattended HOUSEHOLD... Promotes a healthy action of the skin, counter-to, gradually grew careless; and the younger discovering that teal did not conduce to apis all effects of perspiration, and is as refreshing and invigorating to the system promotion, left the work of the ship to the petty offcera, so that the old-time sympathy as a Turkish Bath,
between officers and grew gradually gave way; and man and officers formed in the ship two separate orders, each CARBOLIC SOAPS with its independent instincts and in-
CORINTHIANS V. ROYAL ENGINEERS, tereats; and with no common esprit de
It was a foregone conclusion, that tho corps. Another thing that has worked badly
The body of Warder Cockes, of Victoria Juil.Corinthians would defeat the Engineers,
fore, act against the interests of the British in the French Navy is the want of any was fenud near the Cosmopolitan Donk at Sam but it was not expected that the sappers
It is reported that the Porte will but we invite all our countrymen to meet to- u three strengths, containing 5%; 10% and 20% tangible system of compulsory retirement, shqipe on Thursday, and was interred in the would make the fin stand that they did.
so that after any long period of inaction the Happy Valley Cemetery yesterday afternoon They played with excellent combination, but wait four days and then peremptorilygether and discuss what steps are necessary to of pure carbolic acid
various offices are found to be occupied by many of his brother warders and the police succumbed to superior play, and although they demand the recall of the Greek officers, man already grown old, and often incapable attending the funeral. of performing the more active part of their natural result, and a condition arises which, Governorship of Angola (Africa), was expected to leave Macao about the middle of the month, bat has now been instructed to await the arrival combined with the others, has certainly. interfered with the mobility of the Fleet. of his successor. It is not yet known who the
But what in a comparatively small waynext Governor will be. bas acted detrimentally on the actual execu-- tive of the Fleet, has also been assisted in the higher branches of control by somewhat similar disabilities. It the Fleet have A.S. WATSON & COM Buffered from the aristocratic pretensions of
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must have realised early in the match that their
H. E. the Governor of Macno, Benhor task was itopeless they continued to force the
LONDON, August 6th.. There is much excitement in Turkey concerning the Cretan situation.
the offenders."
ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL, QUESTION.
duties. Incapacity or indifference is the Rovados, who has been appointed to the game until called to a halt. Morrish in particular THE AMERICAN TARIFF BILL. foreign goods dealers, on which they had dis
the older raake failing to accommodate themselves with the junior bourgeoisie, the financial necessities of the country have in the upper departments led to the paring down of supplies. A republican ministry has had little personal sympathy with the old style of officers whose requisitions the
played an excellent game, and the one goal which he registered in favour of his team was recorded amid wild excitement. The keeper of the regimental goal also deserved the prolonged ap- plause he received, for he gallantly, uphold the, Engineers colours in face of a strenuous and
Final: Corinthians, 5: Engineers, I goal.
LAWN BOWIS.
Many of the Europest contractors whenuabated bombardment. have come to China, with the view to securing naval contracts, are leaving Peking one after the other says the Poking Daily News. The Imperial Government has not yet made any decision as regards the navy and will not until financial matters are sottled.-
Inspector Macdonald placed & native bofors Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy yester. day on charges of stealing a ploture valued of $10 from a Mission House 8334 worth of goods, the property of Mr. A. Frizzini, of 539 Shanghai Street, Mongkok. After hearing the
POLICE V. KOWLOON, This afternoon on the Police Becreation ground at Happy Valley four rinks of police bowlers will meet four representative links from sport is anticipated: The police representatives the Kowloon Bowling Club, and some good
No. 1 rink: Birt, Ugg, out and we aon (skip).
No. 2 rink: Gerrard, Watt, Fenton and
ONLY communications relating to the nome official branch was wont to put down avidence his Worship held both charges proved McClennan (skip).
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mere aristocratic pedantry. The two in fact had little sympathy. The Minister of Finance, from the necessity of the case, had to keep a close check on expenditure, and impressed this on the Minister administer ing the Navy. The higher officers, accustom ed to the old traditions, were dissatisfied with what they looked upon as innovations; and could not be got to comprehend the financial difficulties in the way. The result
and sentenced the defendant en cach to three months' imprisonment with hard labour and six hours' stocks.
On Thursday Mr. B. F. Howard, a mining engineer, who has been in Hongkong for some years, died while being brought to the city by launch. Mr. Howard, who was in the employ
harbour.
No. 3 rink: Pitt, Baker, Cooper and Lang ley (skip).
No. 4 rink: Glandenning, Hanson, Grant and Gourley (skip).
LONDON, August 6th. The Senate a Washington has passed and President Taft has signed the Tariff Bill.
TSAR'S MESSAGE TO THE BRITISH NATION,
LONDON, August 6th.
Reuter's Agonoy has. 4414 fear a message to the British nation in which is Majesty says he was deeply impressed by the reception accorded to him and the attitude of the statesmen, people and press, which he regarded as happy auguries for the future,
INDIA'S OPIUM REVENUE.
LONDON, August 6th,
In the course of a debate on the
On the 1st instant Messrs. Carlowitz and Co sold, the property of the Tsun Hing firm,
trained for dobt in respect of goods supplied, It is claimed that the sale was illegal, as it is alleged to have taken place without
the Pun Yu Magistrate, or the German
the knowledge or authority of the owners,
Conan. The value of the property die-
trained on in declared to be $25,000, and it was sold for $7,320. The Tsun Hing arm has refused to acknowledge the sale, and has offered to liquidate the debt, which is for $7,0 Q Ho Wai Nung, an influential mem ber of the Self-Government Society, has taken the case up on behalf of the Taun Hing Krm, and has salced the German Coueul to press Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. to apply for the jaht men indignation among Chinese business-mon and the matter will be discussed at the next
meeting of the Self-Government Society,
STAMP DUTY IN HWANGTUNG. Stamp duties are to be adopted here very soon. The Provincial Treasurer has ordered a Weiynan, Yu On Fang, to proceed to Peking at ones to bring back the stamps. They will be
need as soon as they arrive.
"OUR PHILIPPINES EXPERIMENT." The following is taken from the San Francisco Chronicle:-
Last year there were imported into the Philip pines goods to the value of about $29,000,000, of which we supplied, in addition to what was imported for our Army and other Americans, suming to the amount of shant $5,000,00 that in what we sold there was a profit of 2 per year was $1,000,000. Our gross cent, our gross income from the Philippines
to ontgo is difficult
compute. It would be made experiment last third the expenses of our Navy, the entire cost up of about one-third the pay of sur Army, one-
between the cost of maintaining troops in of the transport service and the entire difference
LARCENT OF A WATCH. On July 24th & Portuguese youth named Joseph Cordeiro calleil at the rear entrance to of the Fook Hing Mining Co, has been aliuge, 12, Morrison Hill Road, and informed the for about two weeks, and apparently allowed too houseboy that he wished to speak with the master of the house. Leaving the door open much time to elapse before seeking medical aid. On Wednesday he left Sha U Cheung by the the boy went upstairs and informed his master has been an almost complete strangement launch Hoi Ning, but because were on the that a Portuguese gentleman wished to speak Indian Budget in the House of Com: between the Executive and the Supply departments. Deprived of useful counsel Voyage and died before the launch entered the with him. When the master went below he
found that Joseph bad left, and he also dis-mone, the Master of Elibank, referring from the Executive clase, the Minister of
Mr. J. Mears, Inspectar of Polios at Kin, covered that he had taken a watch with him. The to the Opium Question, assured the On August 6th, at Balia. Sydney, NSW., Mrs., on, mother of John Laing, architect. Marine has too often been driven to make
[1051 reductions injurious to the efficiency of the kiang, was arrested on Saturday at Kuling, and larceny was reported to the police, who arrested House, on behalf of Lord Morley, that - By-telegraph LUNGKUNG OFFICE: 104, Des Vaux Boan C Flest. The various departments ceased to brought fast Monday before Mr. G. T. C. Werner, Cordeiro on Wednesday, and yesterday ha LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLENT STEENT, EC work in harmony together, so that ships, H. B. M. Consul at Kiukiang. Mr. Wm. S. appeared before Mr. J. B. Wood at the the matters raised by the Interne
armaments, andļammunition were seldom in / Fleming, attorney and counsellor at law, Shang. Magistracy and admitted the charge. The tional Commission on the Opium Philippines and here, and whatever we may hai, prosecuted on behalf of the Chinese sattori. defendant, who is only 18 yours of age, had Traffic are having his most careful ties. The accused was remanded till the 7th four previous convictions against him. · His August. Mr. Francis Ellis, of Ellis and Hays, Worship committed him to jail for three and most sympathetic attention. He solicitors, Shanghai, will defend Mr Mears, months with hard labour, and warned him that warned the House that the anticipated The charge is connected with the death of a he would commit him for trial at the Criminal surplus of £230,000 in the Indiana
Revenue might not be realised owing Chinese coolie several months ago. Mr. H. P. Sosions if he again appeared on
to the possible diminution of the opium revenue. Wilkinson, the Crown Advocate, visited Kiu. charge. king in connection with the case some time sufficient ground for prosecution. ago, but apparently he did not think there was
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unison, and one or other had to wait, some.
times for years, the completion of the other. So extreme had been in cases the divergence that ships were found to be already out- classed before the completion of their arma- ments. It would take up too much space to trace the influence of this decadence of France as a Naval Power upon international politics since the Morocco difficulty arose, which, in the words of M. CLEMENCEAU, led France to "the greatest humiliation she ever
Northern newspapers report many deaths from heat apoplexy. The heat in the shade at Tien, tain lins reached 107 degrees Fahrenheit, and in Peking 115 degrees has been registered. At
$ similar
DRINKING CUPS SHOULD BAVE HANDLES.
[FROM THE "CHUNG NG01 SAN PO."]
Bications in these islands-certainly $100,000,000. expend for lighthouses, harhours and fort
whether, regardless of profit, we are engaged in The question is whether it pays in money, which
the name of civilization and humanity, it evidently does not and is not likely to, and holy mission which we are bound to pursue in
There is a festure connected with the con- struction of certain modern drinking receptacles objectionable. We refer to the ordinary plain which in some circumstances is hygienically tumbler or goblet which has neither handle nor THE HONGKONG UNIVERSITY. Colonel William J. Bryan--probably indiest- stem. It does not require the refinements of
If we are prosecuting a "mission," it is portinent to inquire who sent ns. If it be sui that it is the Lord," the demand for evidence cannot be supplied. If it be said that it is the inuer consciousness of the American people, the answer is that the American people are greatly divided on the subject. The two-thirds voie in the Senate which ratified the treaty which gave as the Philippines--by one or two votes obtained ed very closely the division of sentiment at that time. At the present time, after ten years of trial, it is improbable that as a new proposi- tion the annexation of the Philippines would come near getting even a majority vote in Congress or bofore the poople.
As for the Filipinos themselves, they have never liked us, and like us well as before acquaintance. The million
HONGKONG, AUGUST 7th 1909. SINCE the selection of the new Frunch Ministry the telegrame have been silent on the political situation in France. The resig- nation of M. CLEMENCEAU can hardly fail to strike home to every Englishman who bas at heart the interests of his country, and is strangely associated with our recent neglect of the defences of the country. It suffered." Germany showed to the world
PEKING, August 6th. is not for us to pass judgment on M. that France was unwilling to risk a contest, Peking on July 24 thres Europeans at the Hotel bacteriology or chemistry to indicate that in Clemenceau, who did so much towards but it has been left to a Commission in the du Nord were completely prostrated and did not common plans, or the metal drinking vessel
His Excellency Yuan Shu tan, the building up the Alliance between France year 1909 to reveal to the nation the deplor-recover until the orening. A great shock was without a handle may readily be a source of con- ́and England, but it is not to be forgotten able state to which the French Navy has caused the foreign community of Tientsin ontamination to the drinker. It is not customary that the main instrument in his fall was really sunk. Prompt action has been taken Sunday week by the death of the Bar. Pere du any longer to drink ten out of a cup without a newly appointed Viceroy of Canton, DELCASSE; and it was mainly through the on this report with a view to rehabilitate ray, S.J., from heat stroke, and on the, some of the modern cap. It is surely a transgression has been ordered by the throne to do exertions of the latter that the Franco. France as a Naval Power, but weanwhile evening Sgt. J. Aldridge, of the Army Service against sanitary law or cleanly requirement that his utmost in raising subscriptions for nearly all desire independence-presumably
the edge or sini (or the
English Alliance, which to the older genera tion of statesmen in both countries had seened a pure contradiction in terms, had been shown to be both advisable and natural
common places of refreshment the tumbler, the
handle and there are hygienic reasons in favoar
space near it) of a drink-
and applying it to the month in order that the contents may reach the month. ing vocal is used both for lifting that vessel the proposed Hongkong University.
In public places of refreshment where it is the rule to serve drinks in fumblers, it is commonen- enough to see the glassful of keer or whisky-and- sode banded to the customer by the serving person with his fingers and thumb on the rizin fact,
MYSTERIOUS GOLD MINE.
now not so
and odd of them who have any
education
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that they may exploit with more satisfac tion and profit the eight or nine millions of their countrymen, who have no education and who some hold to be eternally and irrevocably predestined to exploitation by somebody. for those uneducated millions, they do not seem to care except that they hato Americane becausD Convicts in French Gaisas seen to be in Inek. Americans despise them. As to what we are Filipinos to desire things which cost money into contact with the drinker's lips. That is their own account, says the Paris correspondent which they must work harder than before to get. on that very portion of the glass which comer They are reported to be working a gold wins on doing there, we are denbtless teaching the of the Daily Telegraph. Their warders have an obviously repulsive proceeding and one should hardly be safe to assume that the hands have successfully pegged their claim. The oo1- which should ( it snaily, can) be avoided. It apparently so far failed to discover where they Thus far there is no evidence that we have
Germany has stepped into her place as the Corps, died in the British Settlement, Tientsin, occurred in Tientsin that day, all of which were second Naval Power in the world, menacing from the same canso. Altogether fifteen deaths even the supremacy of Great Britain on the duo to the intense heat. The previous Friday snow fell on the summit of Mount Fuji in Japan. seas, and gaining correspondingly an in- fluence among the nations of the world,
Figures of the total foreign trade of the for both. Without, then, in any way inter-which has been especially evidenced of late
Philippines during the last year, a San Francisco faring in French home politics, we can,
in China.
paper says, show that the United States' share according to our immediate point of view,
of it was pitifully small, this country having
increased their happiness and contentment Are Americans worth while to equally sympathise with either side in the Constables Taylor (94), Grant (2), Lenaghan, sold to the islands goods of a value of only nforced resignation. 7. MENCEAU'S 79 and John Ogg have been promoted to the 55,101,886, out of a total of $32,601,072. The fingers of the barmaid or barman are victs, in tura, escape from the settlement by thereby. Upon the whole are the Philippines
principal Philippine imports are cotton goods, scrupulously, chen, and therefore the use of the two or threes, and remain hidden for a day or worth while?
1 Bo source of rank of acting sergeant. aatisfaction to us to note how on many
A zative who was arrested by the police for of which 89,000,000-worth-were bought by tumbler or the handleless goblet in public two. They then return with their pockets full the Filipinos? Just what te "humanity "----
are quite sure that this argument will away in their turn, but come back eventarily
How To BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com occasions Intely France has had to submit, desling in a number of lottery tickpta was fixed the islands, only $1,000.00) coming from this places of refreshment is opes to ejection of nuggets, and have a great time. Others get whatever that is-gaining by our cocupation? without the power of retaliation, to subs $25 by Mr. J. R. Wood st the Magistracy country. Perhaps the preferential tariif status
which the present Congress is giving to Ameri Poal to all chanly persons, and that they will also with gall. The mine is thus kept regalar-
agree that it would be much more satisfactory by working by shifts of convicts. The latter plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait put upon her by her continental neigh. yesterday," ung
can_furports into the Archipelago will change if ressels with a handle were employed in when they return to the settlement, are regular Charmant sad Special Skin Tonic and Pendre
if all glasses were provided ly sentenced to a few days' imprisonment for Charinsat, will, austle you to, de. it. bours, and it is now only too evident Tho a.s. Glenogle, which arrived from Singe this condition sensewhat, but the fact remains public 72% in vist of the shove absence without leave, but this is a low price to Specialities for the Skin are the study of a
with a stom that rumours of the unpreparedness of pore, yesterday, brought fourteen deported to that after ten years patrof the Flippingsta glasses either with stems or handles should pay for a aliare in a gold mine. Where the lifetime. A. 8. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sole Agents France, especially with regard to the condi- the Colony. They will be forwarded on to wo have completely failed to dominate that be reinstalled in those places of refrealment latter is the authorities have never yet been able-
market in competition with other countries. where they have been discarded Lancet, tion of her Navy, were really at the bottom China in das course.
discussion which led to M.
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to discover.
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